Referred Journal Articles

   
Niu, H., Li, Z., Lee, K., Kepkay, P., Mullin J.M. (2013) Study the Transport of Oil-Mineral-Aggregates (OMAs) in Marine Environment and Assessment of their Potential Risks to Benthic Organisms. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (InderScience), In Press (IF=0.626).

Li, Z., Lee, K., King, T., Niu, H., Boufadel, M.C., Venosa, A.D. (2011) Application of Entropy Analysis of in situ Droplet-size Spectra in Evaluation of Oil Chemical Dispersion Efficacy, Marine Pollution Bulletin (Elsevier), Vol.62, No.10, 2129-2136, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.07.012 (IF=2.503).

Niu, H., Li, Z., Lee, K., Kepkay, P., Mullin J.M. (2011) Modeling the Transport of Oil-Mineral-Aggregates (OMAs) in the Marine Environment and Assessment of Potential Risks. Environmental Modeling and Assessment (Springer), Vol.16, No.1, pp.61-75, DOI:10.1007/s10666-010-9228-0 (IF=0.971)

Niu, H., Li, Z., Lee, K., Kepkay, P., Mullin J.M. (2010), A Method for Assessing Environmental Risks of Oil-Mineral-Aggregate to Benthic Organisms. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 16, No.4, pp.762-782. DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2010.501240 (IF=1.538)

Niu, H., Drozdowski, A., Husain, T., Veitch, B., Bose, N., and Lee, K. (2009), Modeling the Dispersion of Drilling Muds using the bblt Model: the Effects of Settling Velocity, Environmental Modeling and Assessment (Springer),  Vol. 14, No.5, pp. 585-594. DOI: 10.1007/s10666-008-9162-6 (IF=0.971)

Niu, H., Adams, S., Lee, K., Husain, T., Bose, N. (2009), The Application of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Offshore Environmental Effect Monitoring, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (SPE), Vol. 48, No.5, pp. 12-15, DOI: 10.2118/09-05-12-GE (IF=0.328)

Niu, H., T. Husain, B. Veitch, and N.Bose, K. Hawboldt, and Mukhtasor, (2009), Assessing Ecological Risks of Produced Water Discharge in a Wavy Marine Environment, Advances in Sustainable Petroleum Engineering and Science. Vol 1, No.1, pp.91-102.

Book  Chapters   

Niu, H., Husain, T., Veitch, B., Bose, N., and Lee, K. (2011) Chapter 11: Experimental and Modeling Studies on the Mixing Behaviours of Offshore Discharged Produced Waters, In: Produced Water: Environmental Risks and Advances in Mitigation Technologies, Lee, K., Neff J. (eds), (Springer), ISBN: 978-1-4614-0045-5, pp.223-234, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0046-2_11.

Niu, H., Lee, K., Husain, T., Veitch, B., Bose, N. (2011) Chapter 12: A Coupled Model for the Simulation of Produced Waters Dispersion in the Marine Environment, In: Produced Water: Environmental Risks and Advances in Mitigation Technologies, Lee, K., Neff J. (eds), (Springer), ISBN: 978-1-4614-0045-5, pp.235-247, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0046-2_12.

Niu, H., Husain, T., Veitch, B., Bose, N., and Hawboldt, K. (2005), Transport Properties of Discharged Synthetic Based Drilling Wastes, In: Offshore Oil & Gas Environmental Effect Monitoring: Approaches and Technologies, S. L. Armsworthy, P. J. Cranford, K. Lee (eds), Battelle Press, ISBN: 1574771469, 227-242.

Niu, H., Husain, T., Veitch, B., and Bose, N. (2005) Probabilistic Modeling of Produced Water Outfall, in: Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainable Water Management, J. H. W. Lee & K. M. Lam (eds), Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN: 0415365465, pp. 467-472.


Referred Conference Papers   

Niu, H., Li, Z., Lee, K., Kepkay, P. Mullin J. (2011) Sensitivity of a Deepwater Blowout Model on Oil Droplet Size Distribution. In: Proceedings of the 34th AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response, Oct 4-6, 2011, Banff, Canada, pp.189-200.

Niu, H., Li, Z., Lee, K., Kepkay, P. Mullin J., (2011) Modeling the Long Term Fate of Oil-Mineral-Aggregates (OMAs) and Assessment of their Potential Risks. In: Proceedings of the 2011 International Oil Spill Conference, May 23-26, 2011, Portland, Oregon, U.S., 13 pages.

Niu, H., Li, Z., Lee, K., Kepkay, P. Mullin J., (2010) The Effects of Waves and Currents on the Transport of Oil-Mineral-Aggregates (OMAs) and their Potential Risks to Benthic Organisms. In: Proceedings of the 33nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response, June 7-9, 2010, Halifax, NS, Canada, pp.623-634.

Niu, H., Zhan, C., Lee, K., Veitch, B. (2009) Validation of a buoyant jet model (PROMISE) against laboratory data and other models, In: Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Identification, MSI 2009, Oct 12-14, 2009, Beijing, China.

Niu, H., Lee, K., Husain, T., Veitch, B., Bose, N. (2009) The PROMISE model for evaluation of the mixing of produced water in marine environment, In: Proceedings of the 20th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, MS 2009, July 6-8, 2009, Banff, AB, Canada.

Niu, H., Li, Z., Lee, K., Kepkay, P. Mullin J. (2009) Lagrangian Simulation of the Transport of Oil-Mineral-Aggregates (OMAs) and Assessment of the Risks. In: Proceedings of the 32nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response, June 9-11, 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 705-721. Other Conference Papers


Niu, H., Husain, T., Veitch, B., Bose, N., Adams, S., He, M., and Lee, K. (2007), Ocean Outfall Mapping Using an Autonomous Underwater, in: Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2007 Conference, ISBN: 978-0933957-35-0, Sep 29-Oct 04, 2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4 pages, DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2007.4449238.

Niu, H., Adams, S.,  Husain, T., Bose, N., and Lee, K. (2007), The Application of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Offshore Environmental Effect Monitoring, in: Proceedings of the 2007 Canadian International Petroleum Conference, June 12-14, Calgary, AB, Canada, Paper 2007-116, 6 pages. DOI:10.2118/2007-116

Niu, H., Husain, T., Veitch, B., and Bose, N., (2003) Transport Properties of Offshore Discharged Synthetic Based Drilling Cuttings, in: Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2003 Conference, Sep 22-26, 2003, San Diego, CA, U.S., Vol 1, pp. 411-416, DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178606

Mofarrah A., Li P., Ping J., Niu H., Husain T., and Lee K. (2009) Risk-based Decision-Support Modelling for Offshore Produced Water Management. Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) 2009 Annual General Conference, May 27-30, 2009, St. John’s, NL, Canada (EI).23. 

Husain, T., Veitch, B., Hawboldt, K., Niu, H., Adams, S., Shanaa, J. (2008) Produced Water Discharge Monitoring, Paper No. 19271-MS, Offshore Technology Conference 08, Paper No. OTC 19271, May 5-8, 2008, Houston, TX, U.S.A. DOI: 10.4043/19271-MS

Husain T., Bose, N., Veitch, B., Hawboldt, K., Niu, H., Niaz, M., Adams, S., He M., and Shanaa J. (2007) Environmental Management System for Offshore Oil and Gas Projects, EnviroArabia 2007- 5th Specialty Conference on Environmental Progress in Oil and Gas Industries, April 23-25, 2007, Bahrain.

Husain T., Bose, N., Veitch, B., Hawboldt, K., Niu, H., Niaz, M., Adams, S., He M., and Shanaa J. (2006) Environmental Decision Making Tools for Offshore Oil and Gas Industries, Offshore Arabia 2006 Conference, December 17-19, 2006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Sadiq, R., Veitch, B., Williams, C., Pennell, V., Niu, H., Thanyamanta, W., Hawboldt, K., Husain, T., Bose, N., Mukhtasor, and Coles, C. (2002), An Integrated Approach to Environmental Decision-making for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations. Canada-Brazil Oil & Gas HSE Seminar and Workshop, March 11-12, 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Technical Reports

Kenneth Lee, Ying Zheng, François Xavier Merlin, Zhengkai Li, Haibo Niu, Thomas King, Brian Robinson, P.E. Kepkay, G.D. Wohlgeschaffen and R. Doane.  (2012). Combining Mineral Fines with Chemical Dispersants to Disperse Oil in Low Temperature and Low Mixing Environments, Including the Arctic.  Report prepared for US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), June 1, 2012. Available from http://www.bsee.gov/Research-and-Training/Technology-Assessment-and-Research/Project-662.aspx


Drozdowski, A., S. Nudds, C. G. Hannah, H. Niu, I. Peterson and W. Perrie . (2011) Review of Oil Spill Trajectory Modelling in the Presence of Ice. A report prepared for the National Energy Board of Canada, Ocean Sciences Division, Maritime Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Available from : http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/415648/publication.html

K. Lee; S.L. Armsworthy; S.E. Cobanli; N.A. Cochrane; P.J. Cranford; A. Drozdowski; D. Hamoutene; C.G. Hannah; E. Kennedy; T. King; H. Niu; B.A. Law; Z. Li; T.G. Milligan; J. Neff; J.F. Payne; B.J. Robinson; M. Romero; and T. Worcester (2011). Consideration of the Potential Impacts on the Marine Environment Associated with Offshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Activities. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS),  Research Document 2011/060, 134p. Available from http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2011/2011_060-eng.html

H. Niu, B. Robinson, S. Cobanli and K. Lee. (2010). Characteristics and Dispersion of Produced Water Discharged from the Venture/The Baud Platforms on the Scotian Shelf. Report prepared for AMEC Earth and Environment, and ExxonMobil Canada.

K. Lee, Z. Li, H. Niu, P. Kepkay, Y. Zheng, M.C. Boufadel, and Z. Chen. (2009). Enhancement of Oil-Mineral-Aggregate Formation to Mitigate Oil Spills in Offshore Oil & Gas Activities. Final Report to US Department of Interior, Mineral Management Service. Available from http://www.bsee.gov/Research-and-Training/Technology-Assessment-and-Research/Project-585.aspx